http://www.mmobox.co.uk The Only Place For Your MMO News Wed, 13 May 2009 20:32:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the few MMO's the MMOBox team haven't actually fondled in some way, shape or form over the years is NCsoft's City of Heroes. Announcing the game's first major expansion since City of Villains way back in 2005. Going Rogue will be a new experience for CoH players introducing ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/05/13/ncsoft-announces-city-of-heroes-going-rogue/ Blizzard revealed that Grunty, the Space Marine Murloc, will be one of the giveaways in the BlizzCon 2009 goody bag. Can't get yourself to BlizzCon this year? Then don't fret as those who purchase the DirecTV pay-per-view will also receive a redemption code for your little pew-pew Space Marine buddy. Tickets ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/05/13/blizzard-confirms-grunty-as-blizzcon-2009-goodie/ It has indeed been many months since The 3G's Network ground to a complete stop. Due to an overall lack of time from the authors and many many other things going on we've been unable to give the sites and our readers the love they deserve. It is my hope that ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/05/11/well-well-well/ EVE Online patch, Quantum Rise 1.0.5 will be released as of Tuesday 27th January. It has been confirmed that the downtime has been scheduled to begin at 11.00 GMT and will run until 12.15 GMT. The patch, as well as releasing some lovely bug fixes, will also introduce the new ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/26/eve-online-quantum-rise-105-released-tuesday-27th-january-2009/ I don't know about you guys, but these days, I don't seem to last more than 15 seconds in any Arena before I am sucking the dirt through my well pummelled "what used to be where my face was" mouth.  Since Wrath the forums have been plagued with post after ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/09/arena-blue-posttime-limit-to-matches-now-live/ The Notes for the game update for Thursday 8th of January are now available.  We can confirm that the following changes have been made: Updated Zaishen Rewards: Updated the Zaishen Chest drops to replace the Abominable Tonic with a new tonic for the month of January. Automated Tournaments: Updated Automated Tournament map rotations Skill updates: PvE ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/09/guild-wars-game-update-notes-for-january-8th/ It appears that the wonderful people over at Cryptic Studios have released a few more screenshots of their upcoming release, Star Trek Online to stir the frenzy amongst the eagerly awaiting fans. With a release date expected in Autumn 2009 , I do have to admit to being tempted to give ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/09/new-screenshots-released-for-star-trek-online/ Its official! EVE Online have today announced the launch of the games 10th free expansion. It has been confirmed that the release date for EVE Online: Apocrypha will indeed be March 10th, 2009. The official press release details: The fabric of space itself will be transformed as vast, ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/09/expansion-release-date-announced-for-eve-onlineapocrypha/ Following up on our story yesterday regarding the stability issues servers are facing when fortress battles are being waged in Warhammer Online, Mythic/GOA have released an update on the situation. The Mythic dev team will be implementing a cap on the total number of players that are able to occupy the ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/08/there-is-only-war-fortress-battles-changes/ [caption id="attachment_541" align="alignright" width="364" caption="Courtesy of Thistlewood, The Sha'tar"][/caption] It appears that Blizzard are keen to fix some of the annoying bugs that have been plaguing us since the last patch. After reviewing the updated PTR 3.0.8 notes there are some interesting changes being made while a vast number of ... http://www.mmobox.co.uk/2009/01/08/ptr-308-notes-updated-more-changes-and-bug-fixes/